縱虎歸山

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Chinese

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even if; release; vertical tiger to go back; to return mountain; hill
trad. (縱虎歸山)
simp. (纵虎归山)
Literally: “to let the tiger return to the mountains”.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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縱虎歸山

  1. (figurative) to let the genie out of the bottle; to store up for future calamities